Re:Monopolies are not all bad (Score 1)

I totally disagree! Widespread rollout by monopolies will only allow them to gain control over the entire infrastructure. And this has happened just here in South Africa!

One telephone operator: Telkom and happyly charging the consumers exorbadent fees for connectivity. Monthly phone line rental: $10 per month, local phonecall: $0.10 per minute!!, mobile calls at $0.30 per minute!, ADSL: $100 per month with a 3 GIG cap.

They are making the cash and do not provide for the requirements of this developing company. One example is that because of this monopoly, bandwidth is expensive (+-$0.15 per MB), VoIP is illegal (by law) and service is poor!

We hate the monopoly, and believe that free market economoies are much more able to deliver what the consumer requires.

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